Studio 818 Beauty Lounge

Kathy is absolutely amazing. She is so good at what she does. I went from blonde to brunette, so Kathy took every step to make sure I was completely aware of the process and the different ways to achieve the look I want. She even took the time to explain the upkeep of each way and discuss the pricing of it all. After my service she made sure I was completely satisfied with it. The answer is yes, I could not be happier with my hair, I will definitely be going back for years to come!

Nelly did a wonderful job on my Brazilian blow out. Very professional and made my hair appt go smoothly and relaxing. She is also so funny and entertaining while doing your hair. 2^nd time going and will go again. I have referred my family members and friends as well.

I went for a Brazilian blowout and haircut with Jowy. The blowout is good, except he told me to leave it on for way too long (3 – 4 days).
The 2 stars is due to the fact that he refuses to cut my hair as I requested. I literally showed him a picture of myself with the haircut that I wanted, and he said «noooo, too short,» and proceeded to «cut» my hair (he spent maybe 8 min total) to his desired length and said that it was great and is love it.
A week and a half later I finally decide that I, in reality, do NOT like it and want the original cut I requested. I called and very politely asked if I could PAY for Jowy (or anyone) to cut my hair and somehow this usually half empty salon has no openings…

I had the pleasure to do my Brazilian Blowout with Mila. I am a happy girl with beautiful hair now that is shiny and feels much softer/​healthier. She went through the procedure precisely and made sure that I was aware of what was being done and that I was satisfied. I would highly recommend her. She also does nails in addition to all kinds of hairstyles that you’d wish. So go ahead and go to her if you want someone who is a professional.

NELLY is the BEST! I have done 2 brazilan blowout with her and she was amazing!!!
My hair looks the great, nelly was friendly and has the most talant hands:)

Just got my hair done by JOEY. He has a new customer for life. The best color and the greatest blow dry.
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Patti

Kathy did an amazing job on my hair! I was pretty skeptical about if I wanted highlights or balayage so I told her I trusted her and it turned out great! I used the free cut coupon that I found on Unilocal and it only ended up a little over 100 dollars. I was pretty nervous because this was the first time getting my hair done here and I couldn’t be happier!

Jowy is really good at Brazilian blowouts! I have gone to him three times to get it done and every time my hair ends up looking better and better. He is quick but at the same time he’s thorough, and you can tell he really cares about your hair and wants it to look amazing! He’s quiet and sometimes a little hard to understand, but nonetheless he’s a very nice and professional person.
My only small complaint about studio 818 beauty lounge would be that the receptionist kinda seems rude. But other than that, it’s an amazing place and I will continue to get my hair done here!

Ricky is a very friendly and sympathetic person.
He did and excellent job in the hair from very curly and heavy he make is straight with Brazilian blowout. As well he has excellent products for maintenance. Overall I recommend him, specially because he is patience and kind with your questions.

Best Brazilian Blowout EVER. I’ve had it done twice and I’m going back for a third time. Jowy is the BEST. I’ve had this treatment before and it’s never lasted as long.

Got a groupon on Mother’s Day for the haircut, style, partial highlights, and conditioning and my daughter had set up my appointment with Mason! I knew I was going to need my roots done as well and Mason told me right up front it would cost extra, which I knew but appreciated her honesty.
I liked her right away and felt very comfortable with her attention to my requests. She spent two hours on my hair! I love the result! I Enjoyed her company during the process. After I was through she gave me a card showing the cost of my next appointment for touch up, and subsequent visits.
I don’t live in the area so I may not make it back… but if I did live nearer I would for sure. And I would ask for Mason because she is extremely capable and a very nice person.

When I first walked in it seemed like a nice put together place… However after what happened to my hair I’m never going back that place! I had a Brazilian blowout and a haircut done. I have no idea what kind of product they used for the blowout but it completely burned my hair! As far as the haircut didn’t even seem like she did anything to it. I suggest you do your research before you consider going to this place. I made a huge mistake!

I had called and asked to get my hair color done and they told me to come in and get it done.
Their parking is horrible and while getting my hair done I had to go back to the meter about 4 times while getting my hair done.
The guy that helped me out was probably someone new and I couldn’t understand anything he said. The manager told me I was in good hands so I trusted her.
I pulled out a photo of the color I wanted and it was a balayage light brown and he told me he could do it.
So he started to bleach my hair and told me he will tone it and it will be the color I wanted … After he toned my hair he takes me back to the chair to start styling my hair.
MY HAIR WAS YELLOW AND ORANGE… I asked him if it was going to stay like this and if he was still going to add the brown color… He told me no and that he was done .
I was freaking out because I looked like a lion and there was no way I was leaving like that and I told him I didn’t want that color and that I asked for brown.
So he takes me back to the washing station and sees that I’m crying and says I will be back. And he gets the manager and she asked what was wrong. I told her to just look at my hair ! It wasn’t the color I wanted and it was all fried !! She tells him to put a brown tint on my hair and he says «OH I WILL JUST MAKE IT DARK AGAIN» I told him «no if I wanted it dark I wouldn’t have bleached it in the first place» so the manager told him to leave it for a bit and wash the color out.
After he finished the color was still off and I just wanted to leave. He started drying my hair and plugs in the straightener. My hair was still wet and he started straightening my hair !! I got mad and told him how he was going to burn my hair like that and he realized what he was doing so he starts to dry it again.
At the end my hair smelled like chemicals, wasn’t dry, still looked orange, and I had to pay $ 250 for the worst hair color in the world. My hair was still wet by the time I got home. Manager did nothing to help me out at all

I had a haircut and Baylage highlights done by Mason. It turned out amazing and exactly what I asked for.
The past few times I got my hair done (at different salons) I would be told one price in the beginning but by the end there it would end up costing 2x as much.
I told Mason about my frustration with this and she told me exactly how much she would charge for what I wanted and that’s exactly how much she charged by the end of the appointment.
She did a really fabulous job and stayed late to finish everything the right way. She also let me know earlier in the day she was running late so I didn’t have to show up at my scheduled time and wait.
Overall great job by Mason, would recommend to anyone! :)

I looked up the reviews before buying a Groupon and was very impressed, so bought one, made an appointment for a Saturday and got there right on time. Make sure you leave time for parking, spots were scarce. The girl behind the counter was sweet, checked me in and told me it’ll be a few minutes. So far so good. I stood off to the side since the sofa and folding chair were taken and waited…
Close to 30 minutes later Kathy came to greet me and she seemed super sweet, but was talking fast as if rushed. I sat in her chair and told her I had a groupon for the single process, cut and style and mentioned I’m concerned about a couple of grey hairs that popped up and only wanted a tiny trim since I like my long hair that took me forever to grow out etc. but I got the sense she didn’t have much time for small talk, which was fine with me. I stuck my nose in my iPhone to catch up on emails. She rushed off then came back, put the color on my roots only, set the timer and went off to tend to another client. I thought she might come back with more color for the rest of my hair, but next time she came back was to wash my hair out. Back in her chair, she pointed out that whoever cut my hair last didn’t cut it evenly and she needed to fix that. I reiterated that I just want a ½ inch trim so whatever she can do to even it out by trimming only that much is appreciated and went back to my iPhone…
Apparently that didn’t matter and she chopped off way too much anyway: (I get that they’re busy, but I didn’t like how rushed everything was and how my wishes for a simple trim weren’t respected. She dried my hair and it looked nice, but WAY way shorter than I wanted. Also my face was stained and I asked for something to wipe off the dye. I walked in with hair half way down my back between my shoulder blades and walked out with layered hair; the shortest strand just below my shoulder line! I was devastated and made a comment that its way too short, she said I needed it, looks healthier and figuring no sense in crying about something that is gonna grow back to where I had it in oh what another 6 months… I headed out. The bigger slap in the face was while checking out I was asked to pay an additional fee for longer hair!
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Yes! The very hair they just chopped off! Oh and let’s not forget that she only put color on my roots, so I was trying to understand how my not so short hair anymore factors in for that additional fee and mentioned my confusion to the same sweet girl who suddenly turned sour on me and called Kathy over. Kathy said the Groupon states that there’s an additional fee for longer hair and I told her I was aware of that, but reiterated that I didn’t get overall hair color, just the roots. She said it was the cut… yeah, the one I resented. Sigh! I just didn’t feel like arguing while another client was breathing down my neck to check in, so I left. Not sure if she was having an off day, was too rushed or just wanted to do her own thing, but lesson learned for me and my now shorter hair.

Love this place so mush I wanted to change my life and I decide to start with my hair. I went on Unilocal and start reading reviews of the most popular please Studio 818 beauty lounge. I really like the pictures that was in the reviews and decided to go visit stylist named Mila. I cold I made appointment. I was a little bit nervous when I got there because I wasn’t sure of what I want to get done and how it’s going to turn out. The place is really nice and the girl at the front desk was very sweet and helpful she offer me a coffee while I was waiting for Mila. Five minutes later Mila welcome me into her chair. She was very patient with me went through bunch of pictures and magazines to help me with my decision of what I want to achieve. I got done Brazilian blowout and beautiful highlights. Left the salon feeling like 1 million Dollar baby:) I found my stylist to go to! Thank you Mila!

I made an appointment after reading reviews and looking at the pics posted on here.
I walked in and was politely greeted. Kathy was finishing up another client’s hair. She greeted me and told me she’s be with me shortly.
The entire process was a breeze. I showed Kathy pictures of what I wanted and she suggested for me not to go too light because I had dark, natural hair and the bleach would be too damaging.
I was nervous to dye my hair because it has been such a long time, but my God, I was so impressed with the results. My hair looks so healthy and beautiful. I will definitely be returning!

After reading the reviews for this salon, I was stoked to make my appointment. I found a deal on Groupon for a cut/​color. I called a few times and asked a bunch of questions since I know Groupons at hair salons can be very specific and they seemed super nice over the phone.
Once I got there I was very confused about whether the man at the front desk was the one who would be doing my hair or just checking me in. I’d never had a man cut my hair before but I didn’t want to be presumptuous, so once he started I went with it.
The cut itself was okay enough. It was a bit of a struggle to communicate what I wanted to change though, whether that was because he didn’t speak very good English or maybe he wasn’t experienced enough to get fancy with it. He definitely did not know how to style hair using the curling iron and got hair dye all over my face. He was super friendly and nice so I felt bad but I was honestly super nervous about getting so much hair cut off.
I was overall disappointed with my final result. I had been hesitant to pick a place to get my hair done in LA since I am so picky and resent that I regret getting my hair done by a place I thought I could trust off Unilocal.Maybe they just brought in the ‘B’ Team when they knew had a coupon…

Kathy is heaven-​sent. I booked an appointment without knowing exactly what I wanted. Both my mom and sister go to her for brazilian blowout. With amazing reviews I read about her I trusted going to her. I gave her very few instructions — no blonde or orange hair and nothing cut above shoulder length.
She was beyond patient with me and my stubborn hair that would not take the color. She stated bleach is always the last resort possible. After quite a few hours in her chair for a base color change, highlights, cut and style I walked out happier than I have ever been after a hair appointment.
She is my new go to hairstylist. She was full of information and told me exactly what kind of upkeep to expect. Thanks again Kathy. I look forward to more work with you. Getting nothing but compmliments. Been passing your name along.

I recently did Brazilian Blowout with Milana, and I love my hair now. It’s so soft after the treatment, and I use hair straightener much less. Also she dyes my hair in blonde, and results are the best so far (I changed few salons for past 2years). I really like how Mila does my hair!